When I read your post, I could immediately relate to it because I also scored equally strongly on human and technical skills, and less so on conceptual skills. Unlike you however, I had a very limited view of leadership prior to this course and felt that my weak conceptual skills prevented me from being an …
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The story I selected happens to be the first one in the book, “The Secret of Happiness is Something to Do” written by John Burroughs. In this passage John Burroughs shares his conviction that happiness comes from doing work that one loves, that keeps one busy and content, and that gives one’s life purpose and …
Love to quote the view on learning by the legend Aristotle, “Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age” and what makes a person learn more is from his own understanding of what’s lacking in him. This self assessment has helped me to judge my abilities, actions, […]
The story of Eddie Rickenbacker’s survival from the plane crash in October 1942 and subsequent three weeks at sea is a compelling tale of leadership in the midst of a very uncertain circumstance (Watson, 1951, pg. 62-68). While he and […]
I chose to read the short story about the philosopher Seneca called “True happiness is to rest satisfied with what we have” (Watson, 1951: p.8). This story has a simple message that we all need to be reminded of: being grateful leads to true happiness. Considering it is thanksgiving weekend, this story was very timely …
Hi Georgeena, Your absolutely right when you tie in Lincoln’s quote about folks being as happy as they make their mind up to be. Like you said, many fail to realize that happiness is an intrinsic quality that comes from within rather than from external sources such as money or acknowledgement. While those things are […]
I chose John Henry Newman’s “Lead, Kindly Light…the Night is Dark, and I am Far from Home” in Part 2 for this assignment (Watson, 1951, p. 39-44). The leadership lesson I took from this reading was: leaders who experience trials can grow a greater faith and therefore a greater impact on the lives of others. […]
The Skills Inventory indicated I was the weakest on the conceptual and had stronger and equal technical and human skills. Before taking this survey, I felt I was very good at concrete ideas, not abstract ideas so this was not surprising. I was stronger and more balanced between technical and human skills. On the Style …
Ruiz, thank you for a very thoughtful and perceptive post. I particularly appreciated the integration of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a means to unpack the John Burroughs’s passage because apart from understanding that the “secret” is in “doing something”, the measure or degree of that happiness, is directly proportional to what needs have already …
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The results of the surveys were eye-opening. I learned that other people see many more leadership traits in me than I see in myself because I still struggle to see myself as a leader in the traditional sense. However, listening and awareness are two of the 10 traits of a Servant Leader identified by Spears …